Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Multiple-component retail product. This text covers classical field theory, quantum mechanics and all major theoretical aspects of quantum field theory, and shows how they are related. Unlike any other book on the subject, fields are viewed as global entities in spacetime rather than as systems evolving from one instant of time to the next. Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics. Num Pages: 1136 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHFC; PHQ; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 68. Weight in Grams: 2757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 1136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198510932
- ISBN
- 9780198510932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 429.64
€ 429.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691177809
- ISBN
- 9780691177809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.23€ 105.01
€ 140.23
€ 105.01
Hardcover. This revision brings the reader completely up to date on the evolving methods associated with increasingly more complex sample types analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography, or HPLC. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PNFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471007036
- ISBN
- 9780471007036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.78
€ 224.78
Paperback. Focuses on chessboard problems. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination to their many variations, this work surveys the well-known problems in this surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics. Using visual language of graph theory, it guides the reader to the forefront of research in mathematics. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 204 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154985
- ISBN
- 9780691154985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.07
€ 19.00
€ 17.07
Paperback. Living in the Labyrinth of Technology argues that the twenty-first century will be dominated by a pattern of re-creating human life in the image of technology unless society intervenes on human (as opposed to technical) terms. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048790
- ISBN
- 9780802048790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.11
€ 52.99
€ 47.11
Paperback. Seeking to break the deadlock in the ongoing wars between philosophers of science and sociologists of science, this text argues that social interaction actually assists us in securing firm, rationally-based knowledge, clarifying the philosophical points at issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088761
- ISBN
- 9780691088761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489181
- ISBN
- 9780801489181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944492
- ISBN
- 9780822944492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808482
- ISBN
- 9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. Airflow examines and describes the many ways in which people exploit, harness or confront the physical properties of wind and air. This book will be of great interest to the increasing number of people who are interested in yachting, aeromodelling, ballooning, car racing, parachuting, kite flying, hang gliding, gliding and power flying. Num Pages: 144 pages, 54 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: PD; TGMF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781854861696
- ISBN
- 9781854861696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. The author was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution. His writing career started with a much-quoted article in "Science" titled "More is Different" in 1971. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814350129
- ISBN
- 9789814350129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.67
€ 162.67
Paperback. A practical reference intended for people with technical backgrounds who need to brush up on their math skills, Math Refresher for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition presents all of the basic math needed by scientists and engineers working on problems of modern technology. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471757153
- ISBN
- 9780471757153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.86
€ 82.86
Paperback. Covering a vast array of scientific fields and recent discoveries, this book tracks a remarkable substance in its liquid, solid, and gaseous states as it cycles through the seas, the atmosphere, land, icecaps and under the earth. Robert Kandel describes what we humans are doing to the water cycle and the climate and explains where we are heading. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122450
- ISBN
- 9780231122450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. The Life of the Cosmos offers a theory of the universe that is radically different from anything proposed before. It departs from contemporary physicists to explore the idea that the laws of nature may be the partial result of a process of natural selection that occurred before the Big Bang. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126648
- ISBN
- 9780195126648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.91
€ 30.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. Containing chapters on the nature of calendars and on their astronomical background, on the history of writing and counting, on the week, and on the history of calendar reform, this book serves as an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world. Num Pages: 460 pages, black and white plates and tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862051
- ISBN
- 9780192862051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Chadarevian, Soraya de; Hopwood, Nick. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 488 pages, 97 illustrations, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JNV; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739726
- ISBN
- 9780804739726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. In this fascinating and engaging book, Michael Friedlander offers the first careful look at the shadowlands of science, examining the hard cases and explaining how one may differentiate science from pseudo-science. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780813390604
- ISBN
- 9780813390604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.75
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138247673
- ISBN
- 9781138247673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. Summarizing worldwide historical findings, Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, offers evidence in support of classroom practice. Series: Ways of Knowing in Science & Mathematics S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNT; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Teachers´ College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807746349
- ISBN
- 9780807746349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Many social scientists have sought to show that nature is not an eternal constant but an intrinsically unstable concept - a historical, cultural and social construct with powerful emotional, moral and political connotations. This book sets out to explore some of the implications of and lacunae in this push to 'denaturalise nature'. Editor(s): Roepstorff, Andreas; Bubandt, Nils. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889450
- ISBN
- 9788772889450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.51
€ 16.51